[ottoman]

Even with a new laser in the version 4 it ain't that good. I installed a messiah 2 into my m8's version 4 which previously had a neo2.2 in it.

It started by completely ignoring dvd-r so I recalibrated the laser. This gave some limited sucess but on games like GTA Vice City it would freeze and wouldn't touch 'the getaway'.

We stuck a reconditioned laser in ( apparently there is no such thing as a new laser unless u are getting a guarentee repair from sony) and this is okay but still get the odd freeze on GTA Vice and still a bit picky about some games.

I've got a version 5 and a version 7 and have never had any problems reading anything, so my advice, sell yr PS2 and get a second hand version 5,6,7 and messiah that one. Will save u a lot of future problems.

If u do stick with the version 4 then always use top quality dvd-r media like traxdata, dvdmaster or ritek deep purple and you'll have the best chance of sucess.

Good luck!!